Sedimentation and Contamination from Carneros Watershed affecting Elkhorn Slough
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Contents
Summary
Location/Sources
Resources at stake
- Soil stability
- ...
- Water quality
- Habitat suitability
Stakeholders
- Private Landowners
- Farmers
- Elkhorn Slough Foundation (ESF)
- non-profit environmental organization concerned with conservation of Elkhorn Slough
- Audubon Society
- Elkhorn Slough is said to be an Important Bird Area along the Pacific Flyway
- US Fish and Wildlife
- endangered species present
- Army Corps of Engineers
- responsible for 404 permitting
- California Department of Fish and Game
- concern over habitat health (ESNERR)
- enforcement of California Endangered Specices
Laws and regulations
- Clean Water Act
- Section 401
- US Endangered Species Act
- California Endangered Species Act
Science
Systems